Concept information
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
state and federal court cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Marbury v. Madison
Definition
- The Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) defined the nature of Judicial Review : the power of the federal courts to declare acts of Congress or the executive branch unconstitutional and therefore void and unenforceable. But the famous opinion on the matter rendered by Chief Justice John Marshall was, in fact, a tactical political maneuver to save face with his own party—the Federalists—and perhaps save himself from impeachment by the opposition party, the Democratic–Republicans (later renamed the Democrats). [Source: The U.S. Constitution A to Z; Marbury v. Madison]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1803
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Marbury_v._Madison
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